page 20, Whitby Free Press, Weckiesday, April 19, 1995 Ice Angels skate to national titie Whitby's Ice An gels are flying hig --as n te 'Kites' theme of theéir routine -- tà fter ca!pturing the Canadian novioe precision ice skating championship over the weekend in CaI .For coach Kely Jennigs and sorte other members of t he 26- member team, victory was sweet after a second-place finish nationally last year and a third the year before. It was particularly rewarding since the Whitby team &f 11- te 15-year- olds had flnished third, behind Lavai, Que. and Streests- ville in the divisionals compati- tion held last Friday. That third-place finish was probably due te a fail, says Jen- nigs, 27,fre iaya em- br of thesccsau2snirIce Fyre team from Whitby. lce Fýyre flnished third over the weekand. Anla skated better in the Canadian finals on Sunday, sha says. wThey stumbled, but didn't break the line.» Lval was second, Burlington third. Angèe s' Kites' program three minutes, 39 seconds in Iength was skated te the musico!ý Yanni,, described by Jennings as happy up Min '- mugiec that "usounda lk&floatig' see te really Le tl4e music,» says Jennings who work in th ur- chasing department of the Dr ham Board of Education. Angels won the prestigiou Winterfest competitionminalw- market in January, and also won competition in Wity ndth sectionals. The team was sixth after a poor performance ini a Lavai avent, and was third in the provincial championships. Ice Fyre flnished behind firet- p lace Lval and second-place Blak Ica of Toronto, the latter team coached by former Fyre coach Cathy Dalton. Whitbygoalie leads team to championShîp Jamie Hogel of Whitby earned the most valuable player award as he backstepped the Durham ail-stars te the championship of the Halten Challenge in high school hockey recentiy. The Anderson CVI goalie won ail three games he started for Drham, including a 3-1 win i the final over Halten. Halten, with plenty of power play opportunities, outshot Dur- hm422 in theYîal in whch Hogel was spectacular. ,.,ihampionship came after a 6-5 victory over Hamilton, a 3-3 tie with Wentworth, a 6-2 win over Kawartha and a 7-0 win over North York, before the win in the final. The Durham squad boasted several star players from East- dale CVI, who lost te Kenner of Peterborou h in the all-Ontario championships. Kenner, who came firom beýhind te, defeat East- dale, won the Ontario title. Eastdale's Rob'Simms led the scoring for the Durham squad. Hogel was chosen as one of thre Durhamn tearn's goaltenders, largely because of Iris perfor- mance for Anderson in one game during the regular season a 4-3 upset win over Eastdale. h~ was the only loss in league play for the powerful Eastdale team. Twvo Henry Street High ScIrool players were also on tIre Durham teami -- Mark Vanderlip, who was superb as a two-way player, and Mike Wye, solid on defence. Ken Scott of Anderson was one of tIre coaches of the Durham team. Pahlnerston g ra ppler PUis streak on une Malcolm Maclea of Palmerston Public Sehool will attempt to .keep his undefeated streak intact when hie participates ini the pro- vincial wrestling championships for elementary students in Brooklin on Saturda. Maclea won another gold, in the kids' division, at a recent The Whitby senior basebeil team will continue tiyouts at E..A Fairman Public School on April 22, 23, 29 and 30,l10a.m. to nomn, and at Iroquois Park on May 7,10am. to noon. Th senior team wMllplay the Whitby junior team in an exibition game on Saturday, May 6, 9:30 arn., at Iroquois -Park. The senior team will begin league play on Tuesday, May 9. 7:30 p.m., at froquois Park. Wt;býy home games will be on n e * s, b e e s s s meet in Sturgeon "Falls and fol- lowed up with another first-place finish at tIre Durham chapmpion- ships in the junior division. He wrestles in the 46.8-kilogram division. Another Palmerston wrestler, Stu Derbyshire, who has also won matches tins season, fin- ished second in bis diviýsion, senior 100-kilograin, at the Dur- *ham comjetition. Glen MIU and R&A Sennett public schools each had four wrestlers win their divisions at thre junior level of the Durham eventi. From Glen Dhu, Jeremy Meshon won at 25.4 kilograms; Derek Raynor, 29 .8; Jason Miche, 32.3; Andrew Boumnes, 44;, from Sennett, hichelle Bell, 32.7- Shayne Hutchee 38- Jenni- fer Srner, 52.3; Sara Jefferey, 71. At the senior level, Drew Henry of Palmnerston won the 55.4-kilogram event; Ian McKen- zie of Dr. Robert Thornton, 44.7. Brett White-Finkle of Palmer- ston won a silver in the'bantam division at thre Sturgeon Fals event. 'The provincial championshpa at9 a.m. n Saturday at ALLISON GOSSE (left) of Dr. Robert Thom- ton Thunderbirds attempts to elude Alison Meshie of the TAR. McEwen Tomadoos in the Durham elementary sohool intermediate girls' basketball final. Gosse had 10 pints as Thunderbirds defeated McEwen 32-7. Photo) by Jeremy Drosar, Whltby Free Prou Thornton Thunderbirds Ob wrn basketball*titie Dr. Robert Thornten Public advance te, the final. School cruised te, a 32-7 win over Guard Andrea Gaie lad 16 T.R McEwen of Oshawa ithreponts and centre Allison Gosse Durham elementary sehool girls' adi1 points for Thornten itIre intermediate basketball final asat final. week. Coach Bruce Blight also men- It was perhaps the easiest win tioned thre fine work of the for Thornten on the road te the team's hast rebounder, forward Durham Elementr Schools Cathy Bibeau, guard Monique Athletic Association (DEAA) Taylor, the only Grade 7 player finals for girls aged 13 and 14. Who is a starter, and forward Thornten defeated Cartwrih mlyK1 et 36-23, Sunderland 38-20 and Othor tarn members ara Huron Heights '41-31 te reach Michelle Murcott Kte Jones, the final four in which thyv a4g"dRH *isr22 b'h a te q Rowlands. Thornton also won tIre cham- pionship for Oshawa-Whitby schools, won tournaments at Donevan and Pine Ridge, and reached the finals of the South- arn Ontario Classic. Thornten was beaten by HilI- crest of Orillia in the Classic final - Hilîcrest also defeated Thornten in two other games this season. HillcrSt's margina ofvctr Thr1e. __ye'l el,1